AJ Jacobs

AJ Jacobs
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University 1999
Areas of Interest: Urban, Sociology of Sport, Asian Studies
Office: Brewster A-405
Tel: 252.328.1076
E-mail: jacobsa@ecu.edu

Curriculum Vita

Research

Selected Publications:
Jacobs, A. J. (2009). Embedded Contrasts in Race, Municipal Fragmentation, and Planning: Divergent Outcomes in the Detroit and Greater Toronto-Hamilton Regions 1990-2000, Journal of Urban Affairs, 31 (2), forthcoming.

Jacobs, A. J. (2008). Developmental State Planning, Sub-national Nestedness, and Reflexive Public Policymaking: Keys to Employment Growth in Saitama City, Japan. Cities, 25 (1), 1-20; Cities is ranked #1 in Impact Factor among Urban Studies journal, according to ISI Journals Citations Reports].

Jacobs, A. J. (2007). Dissimilar Approach, Dissimilar Attitudes, Divergent Outcomes: A Comparison of the Detroit and Greater Toronto-Hamilton Regions: A 150 page Research Report to the International Council for Canadian Studies and Canadian Embassy in Washington. .

Jacobs, A. J. (2008). Auto Industry & Manufacturing in Michigan, In: Randy Schaetzl, Joe Darden, & Danita Brandt (eds.), Geography and Geology of Michigan. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, pp. 310-331.

Jacobs, A. J. (2007). “Uneven Development.” In: George Ritzer (ed.), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Sociology, Volume X (ST-Z).New York: Blackwell, pp. 5096-5099.

Jacobs, A. J. (2006). “Embedded Localities: Employment Decline, Inner City Population Growth, and Declining Place Stratification among Japan’s Mid-Size and Large Cities,” City & Community, (September). Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 269-292

Jacobs, A. J. (2005). “Has Central Tokyo Experienced Uneven Development? An Examination of Tokyo’s 23 Ku Relative to America’s Largest Urban Centers,” Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol. 27, No. 5 (December), pp. 521-555.

Jacobs, A. J. (2004). “Inter-local Relations and Divergent Growth: The Detroit and Tokai Auto Regions, 1969 to 1996,” Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 479-504.

Jacobs, A. J. (2004). “Federations of Municipalities: A Practical Alternative to Local Government Consolidations in Japan?” Governance: An International Journal of Policy and Administration, Vol. 17, No. 2 (April), pp. 247-274.

Jacobs, A. J. (2003), “Symbolic Urban Spaces and the Political Economy of Local Collective Memory: A Comparison of Hiroshima and Nagoya, Japan,” Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Winter), pp. 253-278.

Jacobs, A. J. (2003). “Devolving Authority and Expanding Autonomy in Japanese Prefectures and Municipalities,” Governance, Vol. 16, No. 4 (October), pp. 601-623 [this article is highlighted on Governance’s website].

Jacobs, A. J. (2003). “Embedded Autonomy and Uneven Metropolitan Development: A Comparison of the Detroit and Nagoya Auto Regions, 1969-2000,” Urban Studies, Vol. 40, No. 2 (February), pp. 335-360.